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050 00 $aF1230$b.L45 2008
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100 1 $aLevy, Buddy,$d1960-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98074336
245 10 $aConquistador :$bHernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs /$cBuddy Levy.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c2008.
300 $ax, 429 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (chiefly color), color map ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [393]-411) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSetting Out for New Spain and the Serendipitous Gift of Language -- $g2.$tThe Battle with the Tabascans and the Acquisition of La Malinche -- $g3.$tMontezuma's Message -- $g4.$tThe Gambler Stakes All: "Either Win the Land, or Die in the Attempt" -- $g5.$tInto the Mountains -- $g6.$tThe Massacre of Cholula -- $g7.$tThe City of Dreams -- $g8.$tCity of Sacrifice -- $g9.$tSeizure of Empire -- $g10.$tCortes and Montezuma -- $g11.$tSpaniard Versus Spaniard -- $g12.$tThe Festival of Toxcatl -- $g13.$tMontezuma's Ironic Fate -- $g14.$tLa Noche Triste -- $g15.$t"Fortune Favors the Bold" -- $g16.$t"The Great Rash" -- $g17.$t"Return to the Valley of Mexico -- $g18.$tThe Wooden Serpent -- $g19.$tEncirclement -- $g20.$tThe Siege Begins -- $g21.$tClash of Empires -- $g22.$tThe Last Stand of the Aztecs -- $tEpilogue: The Shadows of Smoke -- $gApp. A.$tSignificant Participants in the Conquest -- $gApp. B.$tA Brief Chronology of the Conquest -- $gApp. C.$tA Note on Nahuatl Language Pronunciation -- $gApp. D.$tMajor Deities of the Aztec Pantheon -- $gApp. E.$tThe Aztec Kings.
520 1 $a"It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. Only one would survive the encounter. In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the shores of Mexico with a roughshod crew of adventurers and the intent to expand the Spanish empire. Along the way, this brash and roguish conquistador schemed to convert the native inhabitants to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable - and tragic - aspects of this unforgettable story of conquest." "In Tenochtitlan, the famed City of Dreams, Cortes met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, ruler of fifteen million people, and commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas. Yet in less than two years, Cortes defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astonishing military campaigns ever waged. Sometimes outnumbered in battle thousands-to-one, Cortes repeatedly beat seemingly impossible odds. Buddy Levy meticulously researches the mix of cunning, courage, brutality, superstition, and finally disease that enabled Cortes and his men to survive."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aMexico$xHistory$yConquest, 1519-1540.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084574
600 10 $aCortés, Hernán,$d1485-1547.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80133120
852 00 $bglx$hF1230$i.L45 2008